Blogging has changed so much since I first started. I think even if you only started blogging 6 months ago, you�ll have seen it alter along the way. For me, I started with seriously blurry pictures, wearing whatever outfit I�d thrown on that morning, all uploaded straight from my phone (it could have even been a flip phone� Christ). Just like the blogging world in general, my blog developed, and mostly that�s a really nice thing� It�s good to see how far you�ve come!
With that though, I feel like a whole load of pressure has been added to bloggers. Blogger outreach is constantly increasing in popularity, and as a result what�s expected of us is greater than ever. We need to go find aesthetic looking backgrounds, have a good social presence and write well. We�re meant to understand the business-y side of it (I don�t) and be organised (I struggle) and reply to emails (I�m working on this one). What we�re not meant to do is include the odd typo or add in the wrong picture or forget to include a link in the Tweet. Duh. But we do� Do we?! Or am I just rubbish?!
It�s not like any of this has been explicitly stated, but for me I feel it�s now implied... Even though a lot of us do this as a hobby, learning along the way. There is no school for blogging. Even those of us that do it full time are learning as we go. With so many paid/sponsored opportunities for bloggers it is understandable that quality is expected, but for me, blogging isn�t about coming up with something that could go in Vogue. If it was, then it might as well be in bloody Vogue. We aren�t photographers, nor models or stylists.
For now and the future, I�m just going to do what�s right for me. I don�t want to add pressure to myself worrying about what I �should� be doing. I want to work hard on my blog, but I don�t want to stress out over what isn�t all that important... E.g. �so & so has drop down menus.. Do I need drop down menus?! Do we all have drop down menus now?!�. Y�know, it�s normal to compare, but it is so silly and pointless.
So there we go. How I�m feeling towards beating the blogging pressure. I hope this doesn�t sound too rant-y towards blogging in general. On the whole, I do appreciate that having a blog is brilliant. This was just something I wanted to chat about. Anyone else feel this way sometimes?!
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